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1. Interview of Ralph Freud

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Theater
UCLA Faculty
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of theater and director of the Pasadena Playhouse.

2. Interview of William H. Chandler

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Urban Planning and Land Use
Science, Medicine, and Technology
Agriculture
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Department of Agriculture.

3. Interview of Joseph J. Kaufman

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of urology.

4. Interview of Margaret G. Kivelson

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of space physics.

5. Interview of Clifford H. Prator Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of English. Founder of the UCLA English as a Second Language (ESL) Program for foreign students.

6. Interview of Paul H. Sheats

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:

7. Interview of Edgar A. Jones Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assistant dean of the UCLA School of Law.

8. Interview of Mehli Mehta

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from India, conductor, and violinist.

9. Interview of Richard Rudolph

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of Chinese literature and archaeology.

10. Interview of William Gould Young

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor for planning, professor of chemistry, and dean of the UCLA College of Physical Sciences.

11. Interview of Bennet Mills Allen

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the UCLA Department of Zoology.

12. Interview of Roy Harris

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and educator.

13. Interview of Elmer Belt

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of urology and collector of materials related to Leonardo da Vinci.

14. Interview of Charles Speroni

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the UCLA Department of Italian and dean of the UCLA College of Fine Arts.

15. Interview of James A. C. Grant

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of political science and dean of the UCLA School of Law and Social Sciences. Chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.

16. Interview of Reidar F. Sognnaes

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founding dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry. Recognized for his work in hard tissue and forensic dentistry.

17. Interview of Lulu Wolf Hassenplug

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Nursing.

18. Interview of Sidney Roberts

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of biological chemistry.

19. Interview of Clara M. Szego

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of molecular, developmental, and cellular biology.

20. Interview of Richard C. Maxwell

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Law.

21. Interview of Stafford L. Warren (1983)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA vice-chancellor of health services. Chief of the Medical Section of the Manhattan Engineering District. Chief of the Radiological Safety Section of the Joint Task Force for Operation Crossroads.

22. Interview of William P. Longmire

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of surgery.

23. Interview of Flora M. Scott

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of botany and assistant director of the UCLA Botanical Gardens. Founder and president of the UCLA Association of Academic Women.

24. Interview of Paul A. Dodd

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science and UCLA professor of economics. Director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations and chair of the President's Emergency Railway Labor Board.

25. Interview of Henry T. Hopkins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Museum Staff
Art
UCLA Faculty
Length:
20 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art. Director of the UCLA Wight Art Gallery and the Hammer Museum.

26. Interview of Annita Delano

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA Faculty
Length:
17 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art.

27. Interview of Harold E. Verrall

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of law.

28. Interview of Louis B. Slichter

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of geophysics and director of the Institute of Geophysics.

29. Interview of Foster H. Sherwood

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice chancellor of academic affairs and special assistant to the University of California president.

30. Interview of Waldemar Westergaard

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history.

31. Interview of David S. Saxon (1994)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physics and president of the University of California.

32. Interview of Lynn T. White Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history. Co-founder and president of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).

33. Interview of Frederick S. Wight

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Museum Staff
Art
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Painter. UCLA professor of art and director what became the Wight Art Gallery.

34. Interview of Franklin P. Rolfe

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of English and dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science.

35. Interview of Hyman R. Faine

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor lawyer and national executive secretary of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). Helped found the UCLA Management in the Arts program.

36. Interview of Willard E. Goodwin

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Surgeon and head of the UCLA Division of Urology.

37. Interview of Milton I. Roemer

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of public health.

38. Interview of Neil H. Jacoby (1974)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Length:
10.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Management and member of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors.

39. Interview of Martha Deane

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physical education and director of the women's division of the Department of Physical Education.

40. Interview of E. Maurice Bloch

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA Faculty
Length:
24.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art history. Head of UCLA's Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

41. Interview of George W. Robbins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
10.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA College of Business Administration. Head of management training for the UCLA Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Program.

42. Interview of Wayland D. Hand

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of folklore and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology.

43. Interview of Andrew H. Horn

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA university archivist. Founder and dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Library Services.

44. Interview of Irving Bernstein

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of political science.

45. Interview of Rosalind F. Cassidy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
11 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physical education.

46. Interview of Sherman M. Mellinkoff

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine.

47. Interview of Neil H. Jacoby (1970)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Management and member of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors.

48. Interview of Stephen S. Kayser

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Germany and art historian. UCLA lecturer in art history.

49. Interview of Willard F. Libby

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Length:
5.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of chemistry and director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission.

50. Interview of Lucie Cheng

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Asian American History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of sociology and director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program.